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ARMISTICE RESOURCES ANNOUNCES $6 MILLION EQUITY OFFERING AND $3 MILLION BRIDGE LOAN
*PRESS RELEASE
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*ARMISTICE RESOURCES CORP For Immediate Release*
*Armistice Resources Announces
$6 Million Equity Offering and $3 Million Bridge Loan*
Toronto, ON December 21, 2010 Armistice Resources Corp.
(TSX: AZ)
today announced that it has engaged D&D Securities Inc.
(D&D) to act as
its lead agent for a private-placement equity offering to raise gross
proceeds of approximately $6 million.
The offering, which will be made on a best-efforts basis through a
syndicate that will include Northern Securities Inc., will consist of
approximately 8,286,111units at $0.45 per unit and up to approximately
6,250,000 flow-through shares at $0.50 per share.
Each unit will
comprise one common share and one-half of one warrant.
Each whole
warrant will be exercisable into one common share at a price of $0.55
for a period of 18 months from the closing date of the offering.
The
closing of the equity offering is expected to occur in two tranches with
the first expected on or about December 30, 2010 and the second expected
early in January 2011 subject to Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) approval.
D&D has also agreed to act as agent in arranging a bridge loan to
Armistice of $3 million through Sprott Resource Lending Partnership
(SRLP).
Closing of the bridge loan financing is expected on or before
January 31, 2011.
Under the proposed terms of the bridge loan, it would
be due and payable on or before November 30, 2011 and Armistice would
have the right to pre-pay the bridge loan without penalty.
Interest on
the bridge loan would be 12% per annum, compounded monthly (effective
annual rate of 12.68%).
It is proposed that Armistice will pay SRLP a
bonus payment at closing of $300,000 in cash or common shares of
Armistice, at a price equal to a 10% discount to the 10-day weighted
average closing price of the common shares on the TSX prior to the date
of signing.
The bridge loan is subject to the satisfaction of standard
conditions, as well as the completion of an equity offering of at least
$6 million and the execution of an option agreement to acquire the
Kerr-Addison property.
It was important to have a significant equity component to our overall
financing strategy.
This provides us not only with additional funding to
move the McGarry Mine into production but allows us the flexibility to
acquire additional property and launch a significant exploration program
on both the McGarry property and the adjacent Kerr-Addison property
after we enter into the option agreement, said Todd J.
Morgan,
Armistices President and Chief Executive Officer.
D&D will receive a cash commission equal to 4% of the $3 million bridge
loan advanced and 7% of the gross proceeds of the equity offering.
D&D
also will receive brokers warrants exercisable into that number of
common shares equal to 10% of the aggregate number of units and
flow-through shares sold in the offering.
Each brokers warrant will be
exercisable to acquire one common share at a price of $0.45 per share
for a period of 18 months after closing.
Armistice also announced that in view of the agreements on the bridge
loan and the equity offering, certain amendments have been made to the
terms of the proposed project loan facility from SRLP previously
announced on November 15, 2010.
Under the proposed new terms, up to $11
million could be available to Armistice on closing, rather than in two
tranches as previously announced.
The proposed use of proceeds would
include $3 million to repay the bridge loan; $7.89 million for the
construction of the McGarry project and exploration of the Kerr-Addison
project; and the balance of $110,000 for payment to SRLP as a
structuring fee.
If completed, it is currently expected that the loan
facility would be due and payable in full on or before December 31, 2012
(previously announced as being November 30, 2012).
Closing of the loan
facility is planned to occur later in 2011 with an outside date of
November 30, 2011 and would be subject to various conditions including
SRLPs ongoing due-diligence review.
Repayment of the loan facility would be made through monthly cash
payments based on a notional amount of gold, currently expected to be
1,222 ounces, priced at the prior-day closing spot rate (based on the
London Metal Exchange).
SRLP would be paid based on $1,050 per ounce if
the prior-day closing spot rate is between $1,050 and $1,300.
If the
prior-day closing spot rate is above $1,300, then SRLP would get paid
$1,050 plus 85% of the amount above $1,300.
The total number of ounces
of gold to be delivered is currently expected to be 14,664 (such amount
may be adjusted closer to the time of closing).
The monthly cash
payments would be made on the last business day of each month with
payments commencing on January 31, 2012.
The proposed terms contemplate
that Armistice could prepay the loan facility at any time prior to
maturity without penalty.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Armistice would
guarantee a minimum rate of return to SRLP of 5% per annum on the
aggregate principal amount of loan facility over the life of the
facility.
The minimum rate of return would be calculated on the maturity
date.
*About Armistice Resources Corp.*
Armistice Resources, a Canadian-based exploration and development
company, expects to begin gold production in 2011 from its McGarry Mine
in the Kirkland Lake area of northeastern Ontario.
The McGarry Mine is
located in Virginiatown on the prolific Larder Lake-Cadillac Break that
extends 200 km east-west straddling the Ontario and Quebec border and
that has produced 95 million ounces of gold.
The McGarry Mine is
adjacent to the Kerr-Addison Gold Mine that has produced more than 11
million ounces of gold.
The McGarry Mine consists of 33 contiguous
patented mining claims, including three licenses of occupation, totaling
484 hectares.
The McGarry Mine is fully permitted and all equipment and
systems at the site have been brought up to standards, including its
installed mining plant.
Armistice Resources is listed on the Toronto
Stock Exchange (Symbol: AZ) and currently has 86,836,899 common shares
issued and outstanding.
To find out more about Armistice Resources,
please visit the companys website at www.armistice.ca.
*Forward-Looking Statements*
This news release contains forward-looking statements, including
completion of the equity offering, the bridge loan and the project loan
facility, current expectations on the timing of the commencement of
production, and the execution of an option agreement with respect to the
Kerr-Addison property.
These forward-looking statements entail various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those reflected in these forward-looking statements.
Such statements are based on current expectations, are subject to a
number of uncertainties and risks, and actual results may differ
materially from those contained in such statements.
These uncertainties
and risks include, but are not limited to, the strength of the Canadian
economy; the price of gold; operational, funding, and liquidity risks;
the degree to which mineral resource estimates are reflective of actual
mineral resources; the degree to which a pre-feasibility study gives
sufficient grounds for classifying the indicated mineral resources as
probable reserves; and the degree to which factors which would make a
mineral deposit commercially viable are present; the risks and hazards
associated with underground operations.
Risks and uncertainties about
Armistice Resources business are more fully discussed in the companys
disclosure materials, including its annual information form and MD&A,
filed with the securities regulatory authorities in Canada and available
at www.sedar.com and readers are urged to read these materials.
Armistice Resources assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking
statement or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from
such statements unless required by law.
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For further information:
Investor and Media Relations
Richard W.
Wertheim
Wertheim + Company Inc.
Email:
416-594-1600 ext.
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416-518-8479 (cell)